Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-09

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In many countries, people do not recycle their rubbish as much as they could.

Why do you think this is? What can be done to change this?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 5.5)

In many different nations individual do not recycle the waste matarial as much as they are capable of reusing it. I believe this is because lack of education and no strict law regarding pollution by the government. This issue can be address if the government spread awareness on social platforms about the environmental consequences result from throwing and not reusing garbages.

To begin with, in many developing nations environmental degredation is a serious problem causing numerious health issues as a result of not recycling waste materials by the inhabitants of those countries. This happen with low quality education as the educational sectors do not them about the process how to reuse the garbage and the skill needed for that procedure. As a result people do not care about the environment and they throw the garbages in public places where it cause severe health related issues. Another reason for not recycling garbages is no strict law by the government. In many part of the world specially in developing countries there is no law about the reusing of material public use on daily basis. For instance, recent example of this is Dhaka where people throw garbages in public places and not recycling it.

Furthermore, there are numerious ways to tackle this dilemma. One effective way is educating people throw different social platforms. In this modren era everyone has their own smart phone and they has also access to the internet. So if the government start spreading the awareness among the public by telling them not to buy things that are not possible to be use again. As a result people will not purchase those things which are not recyclable. To illustrate it, in developed parts of the world government and policies makers have paid a great attention to overcome from this issues and they use electronic and social media for addressing this problems.

In conclusion, lack of quality education and not imposing a strict law about the reusing of garbages are the main causes. While this issues can be reslove of the government pay attention and spread awareness.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You address both questions by identifying limited education and weak government laws as causes, then proposing public awareness campaigns and changes in purchasing habits. The Dhaka example gives one concrete illustration, and your position is clear in the introduction and conclusion. However, several points are asserted rather than fully explained: for example, you say education does not teach people how to reuse waste, but do not show what practical recycling knowledge or facilities are missing. The proposed awareness campaign is also developed more than the role of stricter laws, which is named as a cause but not matched with a specific solution. Explain how measures would work and support them with relevant examples to make the response more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, a paragraph on causes, a paragraph on solutions, and a conclusion. Linking expressions such as “To begin with,” “Furthermore,” and “In conclusion” help signal this progression. Within paragraphs, however, the movement between ideas is sometimes abrupt. The discussion shifts from education to public dumping and then to laws without clearly showing how each point connects, while the solution paragraph moves from social media to buying habits and then to developed countries. Some references, such as “this issues” and “this problems,” are unclear or do not agree with the ideas they refer to. Use clearer links between cause and effect, and organise each paragraph around one main point with its explanation and example.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “environmental degradation,” “health issues,” “recycling,” and “social platforms,” and you attempt some less common expressions such as “tackle this dilemma.” This gives you enough vocabulary to communicate the main ideas. However, spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable, including “matarial,” “numerious,” “degredation,” and “modren.” Some combinations are also unnatural, such as “reusing of material public use” and “overcome from this issues,” which can make the intended meaning less clear. Aim for accurate, natural collocations and check spelling carefully. More precise terms for waste management and enforcement would also help you explain the causes and solutions with greater clarity.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including cause-and-effect structures with “as a result” and conditional phrasing such as “if the government start spreading the awareness.” However, complex sentences are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make some passages difficult to follow. Examples include “This happen,” “they has also access,” and “this issues can be reslove,” where subject–verb agreement or verb forms are incorrect. There are also problems with sentence construction, as in “the educational sectors do not them about the process,” which is missing a necessary verb or object. Practise building accurate clauses first, then combine them using conjunctions. Pay particular attention to agreement, verb forms, articles, and complete sentence structure.

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